Paramount sweetens Warner bid; Carney placates Trump after bridge threat, and more
2/11/2026 | 3 mins.
Paramount, a film and TV giant, sweetened its offer for Warner Bros Discovery as part of its attempt to derail a competing acquisition of Warner by Netflix, which values the former at $83bn.
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Sir Keir Starmer faces pressure to quit; America seizes Venezuelan oil tanker, and more
2/10/2026 | 3 mins.
Sir Keir Starmer told MPs he was “not prepared to walk away”, hours after Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, urged him to resign.
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Takaichi Sanae triumphs in Japan; Jimmy Lai sentenced, and more
2/09/2026 | 3 mins.
Takaichi Sanae won a landslide victory in Japan’s snap election.
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America demands peace in Ukraine by June; Iran threatens American bases, and more
2/08/2026 | 3 mins.
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted Barack Obama, a former president, and his wife, Michelle, as apes
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Suicide bombing in Pakistan; Tech stocks bounce back, and more
2/07/2026 | 3 mins.
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes
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